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Danno · 25-02-2005 12:09PM

My, it is quiet today!

Any snow to report in Ireland?

Was the event in Cork, E Limerick and Tipp good last night???

Scubadevils · 25-02-2005 01:22PM

I had moved on yesterday to summer and to my surprise there was a light snow/sleet shower in Finglas a few minutes ago

25-02-2005 03:03PM

Well Felix I have news for you...
Winter is far from over.
Last night it snowed here after an effort and looking at the charts well I'll get on to them in a minute because as I type theres a hail/sleet shower here too.

Temp rose to 7c in the sunshine here today and now its back to 4c in the dullness and the shower.

The charts are showing a bitter northerly and a hint of an Easterly coming back next week-outside reliable timing but only just.

Now have a look at what maybe is upwind if that happens...

Darwin · 25-02-2005 03:42PM

metcheck are forecasting -4c (-9C windchill) for Laois (-3 for Dublin) Monday morning 6am. We're not out if it yet....

ninebeanrows · 25-02-2005 04:59PM

Dare i say i was disappointed about the last few days,
they really failed to deliver in my area :rolleyes:

But looking ahead with no end in sight you just have
to feel confident

Lots of cold air about with the possibility be 50/50 atm
for a good dumping for snow come monday

Danno · 25-02-2005 05:26PM

Weathercheck wrote:

Dare i say i was disappointed about the last few days,
they really failed to deliver in my area :rolleyes:

But looking ahead with no end in sight you just have
to feel confident

Lots of cold air about with the possibility be 50/50 atm
for a good dumping for snow come monday

Here we go again...

Time for a new thread "The Phantom Snowflake IV: The return of the never ending cold"

Villain · 25-02-2005 06:58PM

Just saw the weather on six one, and they seemed to suggest that low to the NE could make its way to here yet. As for snow on monday weathercheck, I think you'll have to move to donegal to have any chance.

billy the squid · 26-02-2005 01:00AM

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn1381.gif

its far ahead in the next week but given that irish1 suggested that it is possible thought I would show this. polar low. but at the moment its in FI so i would want to see it in more runs than just one.

Its looking like there is going to be a break in the cold for the weekend and bitterly cold again by the middle ofnext week.

will that polar low materialise and bring more snow, we will have to just wait and see.

ninebeanrows · 26-02-2005 09:17AM

Hi Billy i think the charts are misleading you..

A chart like this
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn421.gif

Has little bearing on the temperatures at sea level
http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn422.gif

Weather this weekend will be colder then the weather has been all week

Overnight minima will be well below freezing

-6c possible..

Next week will be cold again and unsettled

That "polar low" is not such

super_furry · 26-02-2005 03:32PM

So no snow then?

Mothman · 27-02-2005 07:44PM

Mothman wrote:

Yes I should clarify what I meant by normal, and that's the winters of the last 15 years or so, but during most of these recent winters cold spells such as the one next week usually do occur. Some examples in reverse order.

2003-2004
Feb 25th- Mar 3rd, 8 days, mean 2.9C
Jan 25th- Jan 29th 5 days mean 3.1C
Dec 27th-30th 4 days mean 3.0C

2002-2003
Feb 13th-18th 6 days mean 2.9C

2001-2002
none

2000-2001
Feb 24th-Mar 5th 10 days mean 2.1C
Jan 13th - 20th 8 days mean 3.0C
Dec 25-30th 6 days mean 1.8C

1999-2000
none.

I'll agree that none of the above are exceptionally cold, and I'm sure there must be plenty examples from the 80s that are colder, though the winter (Dec -Feb) of 00-01 was colder than average, as was Mar 01

And for others, bear in mind that long term winter average temp (1961-1990) is an estimated 5.8-6C with me.
Dublin Airport 5.3C
Rosslare 6.3C

So Weathercheck to keep this on topic are you saying that this coming "cold spell" is going to be significantly colder than the examples I've given??

This was a post I put into this thread about 80 posts back.

Just so you can see how last week faired, it wouldn't make into the above list!!
This is on temp alone. I realise that last week ended up being about the snow more so that the cold temp, but an 80s type cold/freeze spell was mentioned in advance of last week.
The equivalent stats.

2004-2005
Feb 20th-24th 5 days mean 3.4C

Without doubt it was the coldest spell of winter, but this was down to low maxima rather than low minima. The min temp during this period was +0.7C

Mothman · 03-03-2005 07:51PM

Weathercheck in the other thread wrote:

Expecting a brief warm up this evening well upper air wise..

He mentions warm, and I record first sub zero temp since Feb 16th

:rolleyes:

Currently -0.1C

By the way Casement got down to -5.6C this morning, so Weathercheck's prediction of -6C a few posts back was spot on!

This must be the coldest temp this winter/spring in the country.

ninebeanrows · 03-03-2005 08:04PM

Yep recorded the lowest minima of the winter here infact

Temperature plummeted to -4.9c :eek:

Probably because we managed to miss all those late snow and hail
showers!

Anyway no complaining from me.. this cold spell dumped my first
appreciable snowfall since February 27th 2001 and it fell on
March 2nd! 2-3cm's of the stuff and more than enough to make a
nice snowman and cover every surface with a thick carpet

So all in all this cold snap which has been apart of the extended
cold spell! Has been fantastic.. Mothman do you have
an figures for the average temp for the last 10-14 days??
The CET must be no more than 2 or 3c??

In England the CET for February ended up virtually average or
slightly below values being recorded from some companies..

So far March a whole 3 days old! has a CET of 1.4c 5c below
the average! A long way to go though and no doubt we'll
have a mid or late March heatwave to pay for this cold

03-03-2005 08:04PM

[Off-Topic] Thats gas,I'm above zero here plus one in fact...had a heavy snow shower at 4am this morning though, covered the whole place and the ground was more frozen than ever before this winter this morning...must get mothman down here to help install the weather station equipment when it arrives-in time for the summer [off-topic]

ninebeanrows · 03-03-2005 08:07PM

And BTW if your living above 300m or so dont be surprised to
see a bit of snow later, i'd say the sally gap wont be
opening until the middle of next week at the earliest
as this brief milder slot will be replaced by more cold
air with perhaps some snow showers during Saturday
and Sunday in the east..

Certainly no let up in the cold conditions until next
Tuesday or Wednesday at least

ninebeanrows · 03-03-2005 08:17PM

Funny that..., the temperature here is 3.8c

Edit : Earthman spill the beans what weather station are you getting??

Not the vantage pro??

If i had 1000Euro that's what i's get

All the gear the solar panels and the high tech
sun things so the thermometer records everything
perfectly. aww now that would be quite a birthday present

I wonder how easy it would be to change 100Euro into 1000Euro

03-03-2005 08:38PM

yes thats the one I plan-twill be in the summer though, so it wont be recording -22c untill next january

Mothman · 03-03-2005 08:43PM

-0.9C now.

I only have my own figures, mean for past 12 days (since Feb 20th) is 4.3C. Mean max 6.8C, mean min 1.8C)
Mean for the 3 days of March so far is 4.5C
Mean temp for Feb as a whole was 6.0C, approx 0.5C above 61-90 average. Non of the synoptic stations were below the 61-90 average. Generally 0.3-0.8C above average. Shannon was at average and Belmullet 1.2C above.

The reason the mean for past couple weeks is not very low is due to night temps not falling low. Tonight is first sub zero since Feb 16th. The max temp since the 20th was 8.9C

I realise this is off topic for the thread title, but just repling to Qs

ninebeanrows · 03-03-2005 09:32PM

God! According to the Eagle tomorrow is Thursday :eek:

But...

no argueing with the eagle... sorry :eek:

thanks mothman

Temperature has rose to 4.8c here now

ninebeanrows · 07-03-2005 06:10PM

From Friday our weather will again turn extremely cold for
March anyway!

From Friday through to the following Monday snowfall
will affect Northern and western areas but snowfall
from Saturday could and probably will affect all
other areas as a stiff Northerly plunge sinks south.

Temperatures will rise to no more than 2-5c across
the north and east during Saturday through Tuesday
with snow showers and possibly prolonged snow at times

Dont write off winter yet that's for sure

:eek:

Even i thought i would have given up hope for snow by now :eek:

Danno · 07-03-2005 08:58PM

I like this extended cold spell! Good sign for summer if March stays cool/cold

Very like a 1995 setup now.

07-03-2005 09:53PM

Weathercheck wrote:

Even i thought i would have given up hope for snow by now :eek:

Theres still snow in the ditches from last weeks falls above 800ft to the west of me, its shrunk a lot, but you can still see it from here five miles away.
The wicklow mountains are still plastered, lugnaquilla which I can also see from here looks like mount Blanc.

My Dad always said, when theres snow on the hills, some more has to come to take it away.

As regards what Danno said, yes definitely if an Atlantic block like we have now persists into the spring/summer, you would be looking at a drier summer but not necessarally a hot one, with systems moving around the high and then down from the north.
An East wind, is a hot wind in the summer away from the coast.

ninebeanrows · 07-03-2005 10:34PM

Ah who needs winter eh?? :eek:

http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn1141.gif

ninebeanrows · 07-03-2005 10:42PM

Crazy charts being thrown around this evening..

Put it this way winter is a long way from over and
Weathercheck will be around here alot more often
over the next number of days

The potential is there for a serious mid-March cold blast :eek:

:cool:

For god sake i havent seen a chart showing a near ice day
in Ireland :eek: in the middle of darn March in a while

http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn13817.gif

And for the scots well how does maxima of -3c - 0c for Sunday sound??

Gonzo · 08-03-2005 03:13PM

i remember back in my school days something like this happened before, there was alot of snow in the east one day in middle march due to an ending cold snap as an atlantic system moved east and dumped nearly a foot of snow here while it rained in the west, midlands and south, think this was around 1989.

ninebeanrows · 08-03-2005 05:22PM

Just abit of a chilly night :eek:

http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn16217.gif

I know i know but during all of my chart watching i have
never seen those charts show temperatures below -5c
in Ireland! -9c is just absurd and in March it's well crazy!

http://217.160.75.104/pics/Rtavn1621.gif

I think the above chart shows just how crazy things could get!

Spring! :eek:

Danno · 08-03-2005 05:41PM

Met.ie are forecasting lots of snow showers in their 3-day, so looks like game on to me!

Well spotted WeatherCheck

Gonzo · 08-03-2005 09:36PM

just after seeing the rte weather after the news and they've warnings of lots and lots of snow showers for saturday-monday.

Danno · 09-03-2005 05:17PM

Except in Portmarnock though, big shield on the map for there

Scubadevils · 09-03-2005 05:19PM

yeah, and I would expect that to extend to Lusk!

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